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It aP° these u ainst je'm de. ,re di' Iva° Arch 4, or then, -' the Queen according to the law and custom of the realm : Be it enacted and declared, by the Qaeeh's Most Excellent Majesty, by and wits' the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons in this present Parliainc nt assembled, that, notwi.hstand ing anything which appears to the contrary in a certain local Act entitled the Dublin Cemeteries Act,' or in a Certain other Act, entitled The Act for Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland,' it i 3 not and shall not be deemed lawful for any minister or servant of the Crown in the United Kingdom, or for any governor or subordinate officer in any of the dominions thereunto belonging, on occasion of any public state or ceremonial or otherwise, to give ar allow any rank or precedence, or to use in any public, legal, or official document any prefix of title or appellation of honour in respect o' any ecclesiastical order or dignity in the Cnurch of Rome, to any person not having her Majesty's licence for such title or appellation of honour under her Royal sign manual, duly notified in the official gazette of the place; provided that nothicg herein contained shall affect any usage of rank or titles in respect of any Roman Catholic person or see in any dependency ceded by treaty to the Crown, in which treaty there shall have been special provision for the maintenance of the Church of Rome therein." The question was as to the creation of temporal titles by a foreign Prince in our land, and the recognition of those titles by her Majesty's Government. The principle of his proposition was that her Majesty was the fountain of honour from whom all titles were derived. He denied the power of the Lord• Lieutenant of Ireland to give title or precedence in this mattsr, and he did not be lieve that the celebrated dispatch to the Colonial S,cr, - tary existed. In any case the Lord-Lieutenant of Ire land in making such a communication exceeded his duty, and the Colonial Secretary did the same in acting on the communication. If the Queen's prerogative was to be protected in England, it was also to be protected in Ireland; and if it was good in England and Ireland, it was equally good wherever the Queen's flag was raised. Whatever may be the exception in Malta, in the Mauri tius, and in Canada, the great mass of the British colo nies was the same as these islands, and no colony should be established without the affirmation of this principle. The same protection, therefore, which the Crown gave to the Church of England in this country, it was bound to extend to the Church of England in all their colo nies where the contrary was not established by special treaty. Tho nominee of a foreign Prince had been placed in Ireland above the Peers crested by her Ma jesty, which he held to be a base abandonment of the principle that the Queen was the fountain of all honour in her own diminions. Her Majesty's Government, therefore, had failed in their duty to the Crown and the country in this respect, while they had gained nothing whatever by the concessions that had been made on these occasions. On the contrary, not the slightest sense of gratitude had been expressed, and the word toleration was termed by Roman Catholics one of the most offen sive words which could be applied by one gentleman to another. He (Sir R. H. Inglis) had heard from many Hon. Gentlemen that Ireland was a Catholic country, and should have a Catholic church, but with all their loyalty they forgot that the Queen was a Protestant sovereign, bound by her coronation oath to maintain the Church as by law established in the three kingdoms. He (Sir R. Inglis), therefore, called upon the Committee to sanction the principle contained in his proposition. Lord J. RUSSELL said the clause of the Honourable Baronet was not only very long, but formed a Bill in itself. The clause brought some very grave accusations against the Government, and, indeed, against every Go vernment since 1829; and he certainly, as far as his own Government were concerned, could not consent to a clause which contained such a vote of censure on them. If the clause passed only very few persons could take office under the Bill. Indeed, it appeared to him the only persons who could take office were the Honourable Baronet himself (Sir R. Inglis) and the Honourable Member for Warwickshire (Mr. Spooner). The clause stated that ‘. whereas such assumptions had no founda tion in law or in the customs of this realm, but rather are manifestly against all law, yet by negligence and sufferance of late years have gained allowance and coun tenance, to the great disparagement of her Ma j est y 's Imperial Crown and dignity, and to the weakening and disheartening of the Protestant Reformed Chinch of this realm." Now these were as grave and solemn charges as could be brought against any Administration, and it supposes a censure on Administrations which had sanc tioned them. The clause went on to the enactive part, and said that, notwiths!anding certain Acts of Par lament, " it shall not be lawful for any Minister or ser vant of the Crown; or for any governor or subordinate officer in the United Kingdom or dominions thereto be- ' longing, on occasion of any public state or ceremonial, to give or allow any rank or precedence or to use in any public or legal document any prefix of title or appella tion of honour in respect to any ecclesiastical order or dignity in the Church of Rome." Now what these oc casions of state or ceremonial, and what the titles of rank and honour were, it was difficult to say. Suppose there was an order in Council, in which a Roman Catholic bishop was termed a Right Roc. Prelate, was it con tended that this prefix ought not to be given? The clause went on to say with regard to the colonies, that no such titles shall be given to Roman Catholic prelates in them, unless the colony became ours by capitulation, and a special provision on that head had been made. Now it must be recollected that in many of our colonies it was the colonial legislature that decided questions with re gard to their own affairs, and therefore if this clause passed, the question would be raised whether the Impe rial Legislature was to overrule the acts of the colonial legislature. It was certain that acts of the colonial legis lature would be at variance with this Act of Parliament, and this would create an amount of confusion in the colony which could hardly be thought desirable. Be sides, there was hardly any Minister but who might be tried some day or other for a misdemeanour, he having offended against the provisions of this Act. Now, he had met Archbishop Murray at a public dinner, and had asked him, as a fitting mark of respect, to go out before him. That, he thought, was a proper ceremony; but would not that be actionable under this clause? These were acts that were done by all former Governments; and if an alteration was made it would produce so much confusion, that he certainly should not consent to the clause being brought up. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the clause ... ..• 121 Against it ... ..• ••'_.166 Majority against the clause ...-45 The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and asked leave to sit again. Lord J. RUSSELL said he would take the Committee of Supply on Thursday, but he thought the House would not be able to go into Committee then. On the Woods and Forests Bill being committed pro forma, Mr. HENLEY objected to the morning sittings, as in terfering with the regular business of the House. LoreJ. RUSSELL fixed the Customs Duties and Window Tax Bills for the 7th of July. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH BILL. The House having gone into Committee on this Bill, the clauses were agreed to. Mr. HOLLAND moved that Hastings be included in the schedule. Lord SEYMOUR opposed the motion. The Committee divided, when there appeared— Ayes ... ... 43 Noes ... ..• ... 82 Majority against including Hastings —39 The preamble was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be reported. The P revention of Offences Bill was considered with amendments, which were agreed to, and ordered to be printed. HOME-MADE SPIRITS IN BOND. On the order for the bringing up the report on this measure being read, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would not oppose the reception of the report at that hour (near one o'clock), but he hoped the Noble Lord would fix a day upon which a discussion might be taken upon the question at an early hour. Lord NAAS expressed his obligation to the Right Hon. Gentleman for the course he had taken, and said, all those who were supporters of the measure were as anxious as he was for a discussion upon it.—(Hear.) The report was then received. The Civil Bills (Ireland) Bill passed through Commit tee, and the report was ordered to be received on Mon day next. THE STATE PRISONERS IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. Mr. ANSTEY said he had recently declined pressing a motion which he had introduced in reference to those parties who had received tickets of leave in Van Diemen's Land. Since then he had heard from the colony, and all he had stated had been confirmed. He would, there fore, then move, pursuant to notice, an address for copies of all correspondence between his Excellency Sir Wil liam Denison, Lieutenant -Governor of Van Diemen's Land, and the police magistrates of New Norfolk and Launceston, on the subjects noticed in his Ex ce ll enc y' s dispatch of the 14 th day of January, 1851 (in conti nuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 316, of session 1851); and of the proceedings taken before the said police magistrates on the matters in question. Mr. HAWES said the documents referred to had not been received, and therefore could not be produced. There was another objection to the motion, and that was that further legal proceedings had been commenced against the parties, and until such had terminated they could not hear from the colony on the subject. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL wished to know at what time these papers might be expected? It would be very easy for a Governor who did not fancy entering into explanations to keep a matter hanging over until the interest in it should have died away. Mr. HAWES said there was no wish on the part of any one to prolong these proceedings, or delay any ex planations that might be required. After a few words from Mr. GRATTAN, Mr. ANSTEY consented to withdraw his motion, Mr. HAWES having uudertakenito communicate to the Go vernor that such papers had been moved for. ANNUITY TAX, EDINBURGH. Colonel THOMPSON, on behalf of Mr. John Ben jamin Smith, moved " That the petition of the Provost and Magistrates of the Royal Burgh of Queensferry, praying that Queensferry ba included in any Bill for abolishing the Annuity -tax, be referred to the Select Committee on the Annuity-tax (Edinburgh), and that the Committee bo instructed to inquire into and report upon the allegations contained in the said petition?' MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND. Mr. LAI3OUCIIERE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Merchant Seamen's Fund. At that iate hour he would not trespass upon the attention of the House by going at any length into the question, as he might have done bad he been able to bring on the subject sooner. Every one acquainted with the matter knew what a grave cause of complaint that fund furnished, which was then in a most miserable con dition and a state of hopeless insolvency. The fund was raised by a sort of compulsory tax of sixpence a month out of the wages of meanie°. It was maraud under the direction of various Acts of Ittnliaalent, and the result had been that it wae ;Eht to he condition in which it 110 N V. as, hOll it WI ,. ..,11(nliatPa a deficiency to the ex• tent of no 1 , ..5s theu aeout Stee,ooo/. would be found upon the winding up of the affairs of the fund, whico was in tended as a sort of benevolent institution originally. Last year ho had hoped to bring the fund into some order, proposing an additional tax or &ixpeece a month on seamen, adding about 30,0001 from the Ex chequer. But his experience had led him to conclude that seamen would not be easily induced to consent to contribute more from their wages for any prospective benefit. He, therefore, abandoned the scheme he had then conceived, and now proposed to in troduce one on a different principle, Ho proposed to wind up the affairs of the old fund altogether, and thus put an end at once to whet had been a fruitful source of disc intent amongst merchant seamen. That, however, could not be done without the State bearing a heavy burden in the work, to an extent of no less than COO 0001. or 700 0001.; but that was to be spread over it period of thirty years, and by 1880 he hoped it would all be p..id. The provisions of tee Bill were as follow:—First, he pro posed to wind up the old fund, to stop all compulsory payments, and to guarantee the pay meet o f a ll p ens io n s. Any persons omitting payments for two years to forfeit their pension; but those who wished to coutinuo still their payments to be entitled to the benefit. He pro posed that all the assets of the fund sheuid be collected and applied to carry out the objects of the new fund, and all to be placed under the stringent management of the Board of Trade. The Right Hon. Gentlemati concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill with the fore going provisions, which he trusted would tend really and materially to benefit the condition of the merchant seaman. Leave having been given, the Bill was brought in, read a first lime, and ordered to be read a second time on that day week. The House then adjourned at a Quarter-past Ore o'clock. LAW IN I'ELLIGENCE. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, June 20. (Sittings upon Crown Cases Reserved. Present—The LORD CHIEF BARON, and Barons PARKE and MAR TIN, and Justices PATTESON and WIGHTMAN.) THE QUEEN V. MARY HOGAN. The defendant was indicted for abandoning her child with intent to defraud a parish, and another count charged the intent to be to defraud the overseers of a parish. She was found guilty, but discharged on her own recognizance, in order that the matter might come before this Court. Mr. Partin said the object of the indictment was not to punish the party, but to bring the state of the law before the judges, that public attention might be called to it, so that the Legislature might alter the law. The whole had arisen in consequence of the decision of Mr. Justice Wightman. The Act of the sth George IV., cap. 83, sect. 4, enacted that any person running away and leaving his or her family chargeable to a parish should be guilty of an indictable offence. Ur. Justice Wightman had held that that had reference only to legitimate children, and not to illegitimate children. The question, therefore, was whether when a mother abandot.ed her illegitimate child with intent to cause other persons to maintain the child, it was an indictable offence at common law. After hearing a short argument. The LORD CHIEF BARON said they were all of opinion that the indictment could not be sustained. It was no d,itibt an offence to neglt ct a child where there was a duty to take care of it, so as thereby to neglect the health of the child, but in this case it was not alleged that any injury occurred to the child in consequence of the act of the mother, nor did it appear that the mother had any means of providing for it. With respect to the supposed injury to the parish, it appeared to him they ought not to go beyond the authorities, and he did not find any authority for stating that any person who occasioned a possible loss to the parish by leaving it to maintain the casual poor was indictable. Is was quite consistent with every allegation in this indictment, that this woman, being utterly unable to maiivain the child, lett it for a moment for the purpose of taking care of herself', that she might not starve, leaving the child to be taken care of as casual poor. He might say for himself, that summoning the judges to hear an argu ment of this sort was not the way to induce the Legisla ture to alter the law, and perhaps it might not be a very successful one. Mr. Baron PARKE fully agreed with the Lord Chief Baron, and he would add that the indictment was defee• live, because there was no averment that the mother had the means of maintaining the child. The indictment was bad. _ . Mr. Jnstice PATTESON agreed with the other judges. What did it signify to the pariah, if the mother had not the means of maintaining the child, whether she aban.. doned it or not, because they must have maintained it? The other judges concurred. The recognisanc€ sto be discharged. (Sittings in Error on Cases from the Queen's Bench. Present—Barons PARKE, ALDERSON, and MARTIN) LAVEY V. THE QUEEN. Mr. Baron PARKE said this was an indictment for perjury committed in the County Court of Whitechapel. Two objections had been made—first, that the court in which the proceeding had taken place was not properly designated. The Court did not think this objection ought to prevail. It was a court constituted pursuant to the statute of 9th and 10th V,ctoria. The second objection was that there was no averment that the action was one over which the County Court had jurisdiction, It was said that it must be shown that the oath was adminis- tered in a judicial proceeding of which the Court had cognizance. It was averred that an action was pending in that court presided over by a judge having authority to adminster an oath. The oath was administered in the course of a judicial proceeding. Unless the jud,:e had cognizance la:, could not have administered the oath, and the Court must infer that the judge had jurisdiction. The plaintiff in error had been convicted and sentenced by , Lord Campbell to 12 months' imprisonment, and that sentence must be affirmed. The Court then sat in error upon cases from the Com mon Pleas, before Barons Parke, Alderson, and Martin, and Justices Matteson, Wightruan, and Erle. There was but one case, and that was of so purely technical a nature that it is not necessary to give a re port of it. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and Mr. Baron PLATT. MURDER OF A POLICE MAN. The trial of Patrick Cane, John Hickey, and James M'EllicJit. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Learned Counsel for the prisoners then severally addressed the jury on behalf of their respective clients; and, with regard to Hickey and Cane, it was stated that evidence would be adduced to show that the police were mistaken in speaking to the identity of Hickey, and that Cane was at his own house at the time the offence was alit-ged to have been committed. On the part of M'Ellicott it was contended by Mr. Woollett that the evidence was totally insufficient to convict him, inasmuch as it was distinctly proved that he had not struck a blow, and that at most he could only be held constructively guilty of the offence of murder . by being present at the time the fatal injury was inflicted by one of his com panions. A great number of witnesses, all Irish people, were called on behalf of Hickey and Cane; and on the part of the latter it was sought to be sho w n that as he was going quietly home on the night in question a policeman in terfered with him and struck him on the head with his truncheon, and it was represented t h a t h e wen t home and was engaged in washing the wound at the time of the affray, and the blood upon his person was accounted for by this circumstance. On the part of Hickey an attempt was made to show that he accompanied a man named Harrington, and another named Shea, to the house of the latter, on the night in question, at five minutes to one o'clock, and that he remained with them until half-past one, when llarrington accompanied him home. Both these witnesses swore positively to this fact, and they also attempted to pr ove t h a t th e p r i soner Hickey had been mistaken for Clarey, who was repre sented to have absconded; and they represented that as they were walking towards the lodging of the prisoner they met Clarey, and that he changed his eoat for a jacket that was worn by Hickey, and it was stated that this was done in the open street. In addition to the improbability of the story told by these witnesses, it was made clear that a portion of their statement was mani festly false, for, although they swore positively that they were able to speak to the time by looking at the clock that was in Shea's house, upon being asked by the counsel for the prosecution to tell the time by the clock in the court, they both, after some hesitation, admitted that they were unable to do so. Mr. RYLAND , in his reply upon the whole case, called upon the jury to dismiss the . evidence that had been ad duced on behalf of the prisoners entirely from their consideration, as he said he could . not help coming to any other conclusion than that it had boen built up upon foul and corrupt perjury. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE having summed up the case with great care and minuteness, The jury, without any hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty of manslaughter against Cane and Hickey, and Acquitted M'Ellicott. Cane and Hickey were sentenced to be transported for - 5 years. NE W COURT. Tinton Bateman, 19, law stationer, was convicted of stealing from the dwelling-house of Edward Clark, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. The case was one of the ord i nary c h a racter, and would not be worthy dent : of mention but for the followi n g inci- The prisoner called his brother, a dissipated-looking man, to give him a character. The RECORDER asked him what he was?-1 - 1 0 said in the police, the A division, attached to the G division. Superintendent Brennan said that the prisoner had by means la false character got into the police, but it being discovered that he was a convicted thief he was at once turned out. The RECORDER said the attempt to deceive the Court was an act of contempt, and oraered him into custody. Jantes Corbyn, 29, traveller, and Henry Hammond , 43, labourer, were convicted of a street robbe rs ', with vio lence, on George Sheppard, and stealing a Watch valued at 121. The prosecutor. a sturdy-built man, stated that he was accosted in Half-moon-street by a woman, and had not been sueukin , to her lone whin Hammond came up be hind and seized him, and said, " What do you do with my wife." The woman then snatched his watch and made off. Prosecutor instantly tarned round on his assailant, and at a blow tolled him to the ground, fearfully damag ing his face. Corbyn then came up and tried to take pros ecutor off from Hammond, when he found himself also in the iron g ri p of prosecutor, who held them both till the police came up. They were ordered to be transported for ten years, tte RECORDEIt stating that he wished it to he known that any min of the prisoners' class of o&nders, if convicti beibre him, would ljtt: transported for tun years at They were both , vc.ll known thieveF, and ilimmond r..cs one of the gang but cornmittul the burglary at Mr. Holford's, in Regent's-park. THIRD COURT. (Bef )re the COMMON SERGEANT.) 11 - illiant Geneva. Barber, 30, shoemaker, was indicted f r obtaing money by false pretences. The prisoner pleaded Guilty. Mr. Robinson appeared for the prosecution. The features ot this case were somewhat singular, and showed a great deal of ingenuity. The system of fraud had been carried on for some years, the prisoner having obtained from various persons sums amounting in the whole to nearly 1,6001. The prosecutors in the cases brought before this court were James Robertson, George Evans, end John Regan, from whom he had ob teined,32/., two of them being persons employed at the Queen's printing-office; and the prisoner having obtained an introduction to th , m, said he was entitled to a lerge estate—Stowe-park, Lincolnshire, and upon some papers., trich he said were the deeds entitling him to the pro perty, be borrowed the money, and deposited them as security. From one of the parties (Evans), a beershop• keeper, he obtained 31., but Evans subsequently having some suspicions made application to the Court of Chancery, and found out the fraud that had been practised. . The case was put jute the hands or Webb. the City officer, who traced out the other prosecutors, and had received letters from many persons in the country, from whom prisoner bad obtained, in several instances, 501. and even much larger sums, by depositing copies of the same deeds as those produced in court this day. The COURT sentenced him to twelve months' im prisonment. William Carver Crole, 58, traveller, an elderly and very gentlemanly-attired man, pleaded guilty to em bezzling 471. 125., tLe moneys of William Northen, and also to stealing, in notes and gold, the sum of 451., the property of the same person, his master. Mr. Robinson prosecuted, and Mr. Harling Gifford de fended. In answer to the inquiries of the Court, it was stated that the prosecutor, who is the proprietor of a pottery at Vauxhall, had the prisoner in his service as town traveller at a salary of 31. a week and horse and gig, boy to attend him being allowed and also all extra expenses. He had been three years in his service, and had been otherwise treated with the greatest kindness. On the 25th of April he absconded, having broken open prose cutor's desk and stolen in money and notes 451. and a number of acceptances. It was then found that since last July he had been embezzling sums of money, and his defalcations were about 2701. The COMMON-SERGEANT said it was sad to see a man of the prisoner's age and apparent respectability in his situation, and who had previously enjoyed so good a character, but that character only made his case worse, it being themeans of enabling him to commit the offence. He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. Leonora Weymouth, alias Valladier, alias De Sauverell, 29, married, was indicted for feloniously marrying Francois Cesar Valladier, her husband being then and now alive. Mr. Robinson prosecuted, and Mr. Horry defended. The prisoner, who appears much older than stated in the calendar, bore the traces of having been once a pretty and animated-looking dark woman, but her features were very careworn; she was neatly but poorly attired, and went several times while the case was being pro ceeded with. She pleaded not guilty. Mr. ROBINSON, having stated the case, called Charlotte Billington, who stated that she lived at 2, Fair-street, Horselydown, and was present at the mare riage of Mr. Frederick Weymouth with the prisoner in March, 1845. Saw Mr. Weymouth alive on the 6th ot this month. Cross examined—l went to the marriage, at the re quest of Mr. Weymouth, to be a witness. I have heard he was a teacher. I did not know either of them; but being the sexton's wile was asked to be present. Wit ness did not state at what place the marriage took place. Mrs. Mary Frances Bobbett—l am the wife of James Bobbet, and live in Bryan-street, Caledonian-road. I got the certificate of the second marriage from the Mi nori> s. I have known M. de Valladier since 1849. He came to lodge at my house in that year. The prisoner lived with him as his wife. I knew that she had been married to Mr. Weymouth. He dined there once. Old Mr. Weymouth, the father of the husband, lived part of the time at the house with her. I don't know that Valladier and the prisoner's husband were friends. I; was Mr. Lewis and Mr. Valladier that came to me to be a witness. Franc ,is Cesar Valladier, the second husband, a gen tlemanly looking foreigner, who spoke English somewhat imperfectly, said,—l am living at 12, Northumberland street, Strand. I know the prisoner. I was married to her in November, 1848, at the church of the Holy Tri nity, Minories. I lived with her before we were mar ried. She said she had never been married, and that she was the Countess de Sauverell, and that Viscount Bercaford was her guardian. I have left her 18 or 20 months. I had that lettetlrom her. The letter, which was read by the Learned Counsel in his opening address, ran as follows: "August 25, 1847. _ _ _ "Dear Mr. Valladier,—l have told Frederick to ask you to come to my lodgings to supper to-night. Pray come has I always feel happier when you aro with me. Why have you remained away lately so long? You appear to avoid me; if you avoid me through thinking me Frederick's wife, I can assure you that I am not. Frederick says I am not to tell you. I know well why he does not wish you to know it—he believes you rich, and he thinks if he could get you to intrigue with mo he should get money from you. Pray be on your guard against these Wey mouths, they are a bad family all of them—their frierdship is to get as much money from you as they possibly can; but I will yet foil them—l will watch over you with the greatest care. Yes, Mr. Valladier, I love you; your quiet and gentle manly manners have made that impression upon me never to be erased. It is so long since I have seen anything approaching to kindness until I knew you. I hope you will not be offended at my telling you I love you. I am soon going into the country; will you ac company me? If you will, meet me at eight o'clock, Sunday evening next, at the end of Camberwell New road, by the Green. I will explain all to you, but rest assured lam not Mr. Frederick Weymouth's wife. I will prove it to you by taking you to a friend of mine, who will tell you the same. I hope you will not despise me for not being his wife. Uncle will leave this at your lodgings. Do not let Sam or Boy see it. I hope to see you at supper to-night. Farewell for the present. "Ever yours faithfully, VIOLA DE SAUvERELL," Cross-examined—l do not know where I first met her. I first went to a house of accommodation with her. She drew me into that. That was in July, 1847, or the be ginning of August. After a fortnight I came to live with her. I knew Weymouth in July, 1847; I met him at his brother's house. At that time I could not speak a word of English, or understand a word. I have been to a theatre twice with Mrs. Frederick Weymouth. I have been in France with her; that was in October, 1847. I lived with her at Mrs. Bobbet's in March, 1849. Weymouth told me she was his wife a day or two after I left her at Mrs. Bobbet's. I have left her two or three times; but she has told me that she was not his wife. I have come back again, but at last I told her that she was his wife, and I should not live with her again. If she had not followed me about and run bills in my name I should not have prosecuted her. I had a letter while I was in Paris, to say that she had gone into mourning for mo and was going to marry again.— (Laughter.) Sergeant Archer said, when he appre hended her, he asked her where Mr. Weymouth was. She said she hoped in heaven. The certificates were not put in. The first marriage took place at St. James the Great, Bethaal•green, on the 12th of March, 1845, and the prisoner was described as Leonora Alverazzi; the husband and his father were de scribed as gentlemen, and the father of the prisoner as a Spanish grandee. On her second marriage she repre sented her father as a general in the Spanish army. Mr. HORRY, for the defence, said the question was whether she might not have thought her husband dead. The COMMO\•SERGEANT said the affair was discredit able to all parties, but if guilt was attached to the second husband that did not excuse the prisoner. The jury found her Guilty. The COMMON-SERGEANT sentenced her to six months' imprisonment. As the prisoner left the dock she made a graceful curtsey to the bench. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Samuel Lewis, who was on Thursday charged with having had in his possession a gold watch which had been stolen from Mr. Vinden, at the races, at Epsom, on the 23d of May, was brought up in the custody of Finuis, the officer, for final examination; Mr. Parry appeared for the prisoner. The additional evidence in this case, which excited much interest, was as follows:-: Mr. J. M. Badollet, of Greek-street, Soho, watch maker, said—l sold a gold watch to a Mr. Hughes on the 4th of March, 1847, for 71., and have an entry of it, which was made at the time of the sale. It was num bered 22,908. There is a slight description of it, stating that it was engine-turned on the back with an enamelled face. It was a horizontal movement, and a middle-sized article, with gold case and seconds' hands, and foreign (Geneve) made. lam an importer. I believe (looking at the movement produced by the officer) this movement to belong to that watch, and the number, which was made abroad, corresponds with the number of the watch I so sold, as also do the description and the name. Cross-examined by Mr. Parry—Geneva articles are made by different houses. There might bo many Ge neva watches of the same number. There are six or seven manufacturers there as high as the manufacturer of this. They, perhaps, follow up the numbers of the watches manufactured from 1 to 100,000. The house by w hich this article was manufactured has been menufic turing watches for two hundred years. Another watch of the same number would not have the same name— that of " Bsclollet"—upen it. Who put that name upon the watch? Witness—lt was put on there (at Geneva). We have a house there. This is a rotation number. Mr. of No. 17, High-street, South- W irk Mr. iy Vinden,positive a watch from Air. 13adollet. I bought the watch num. bared 22 it into the numbertothestoelc From m . : silversmith. Wl Hughes, I I sopoduce the invoice I received with 908 of him on the 4th of March. 1847. I p ut iden tity of the wa t c h i s gene, inasmuch as t h e numbe r I take is from th e ou t er case , w hich is not to be found. It is usual to put th e num b er o n the movement as well is on fr l t d he a outerwa watch h case. to the outer case. I have no watch in my stock of this kind at the present time. From the entry I made I believe the watch produced to be the same I sold to Mr. Vinden. Tar SUN, LONDON, SAT UR DAY EVENING, JUNE I hav© bciugh - t several othcr witches with enamelled faces from ,tr. Back , !lel, but net at..se bi4ll a price. *I believe the ni.woinents , f]ueeci to belong E 0 the watch, from the finish of the works cud from the number on thu movements. Toe &positions of Sslomon Isaacs, as given on Teursday, we: e hero read over by Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, and the witness stated, in cress.examination by Mr. Parry, as follows--I was eamesoned before the Lord Mayor by the prisoner for the value of the cases which I had lust. I had not defied him before that. I was ordered by the Lord :Mayor to ; pay 34 to the pri soner. and I would have paid it, bat he would not give a receipt. Mr. Parry—When were your suspicions first excited that the watch had been stolen?—Witness—lt was frdm his conduct. lle gave me very abusive language, and I thought I'd find out whether the watch was stolen or not. On Saturday last 1 began to inquire. Mr. Parry—Did you sot say after the hearing of the summons that the watch . had been stolen at Epsom ? Witness—l think not. It did not emanate from me. It might be from my brothot. !qr. Party—Did you hear your brother say so ? Witness—l did not hear h'in say so, and' did not say se myself. lam rut aware that he said so. I did not send my brother with cog Vri:t , 2ri paper to the prisoner. The name of "13 cu t s s al th e wa tch. I did not I am a disitizerested party. give the prisoner in charge. Air. Parr - —I ask you whither your brother was the person who gave the prisontr into custody. Finnis (the effi ier)—Mr. Vinden is the person who gave the prisoner into eustocy ? Mr. Parry suggested tht propriety of calling and examining Solomon Isaac's brother, who, he had been given to understand, seated, sn the day the summons was heard, that the watch had been stolen at Epsom. The brother of Solomon Taos here presented him- Self, and expressed a wish a s Glared that he was perfectly ready to state all that had come to his knowledge upon tte subject. The LORD MAYOR said h ..c e be examined. He de lollected that _upon the hearing of the summons somehtdy in court said some thing about the watch having keen stolen at Epsom, but there was no distinct statementm a el e . Isaacs's brother was not called as a witness either for the prosecution or the defence. Mr. Parry; on the part of the defence, said his client utterly denied that the works produced belonged to the watch which he had put into the possession of Solomon Isaacs; and certainly if the prisoner wished to identify himself with a stolen watch he coald not appear before a. tribunal in which greater facilities abounded for the de tection of offences than a court which was presided over by a magistrate of so much skill and experience. It was,_therefore, very improbable thit the prisoner would, with a consciousness of guilt, have dared to seek repara tion for a loss sustained at the hands of the person who adopted such a desperate mode of retaliation. Thapan at the bar was, as could be shown, a p ers on of blamelessand irreproachable character, and it could be shown also that he had refused to sign a paper which had been pre sented to him by the friends of Solomon Isaacs, because he believed that paper contained matter which would probably have been used as elements of self-condem- nation. The LORD MAYOR—It is my determination to send this case before a jury, but I am stilling to accept bail. I shall, therefore, require the prisoner's own surety in 801., and two sureties in 401. each, for his appearance at the next session of the Central Criminal Court, to answer this charge. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Etheldred Bennett was brought up for final examina tion, charged with having robbed his employers, Messrs. Ablett and Wheeler, silk mercers and glovers, 234, Regent-street. Mr. Ablett said the prisoner had been in the employ of the firm about seven years. In consequence ot re ceiving an anonymous letter, suspicions were raised re specting the prisoner's honesty. On the 13th instant he marked about 121. in gold and silver money, and placed it in the till. Arrangements were also made that certain parties should come into the shop and make purchases paying for the goods in marked money. About seven o'clock the same evening the books were examined, and an amount of I li. 6d., paid by a person named Wheat ley, was ascertained not to have been entered. The prisoner was asked to produce the money he bad about him. The prisoner turned out his pockets, and a half sovereign and a shilling, marked money, were found it his possession._ He was then a c cused of robbing th , firm, on which he repeatedly said, " For God's sake forgive me, and I will give you all I have." The pri- soner was in the receipt ot a salary of 1501. per year; he received no commission on goods sold, though he might have occasionally received a premium for making a sale. George Stanley proved that he had been employed by Mr. Ablett to buy goods at the shop, and to pay foe them in marked money. The half sovereign found on the prisoner had been given by him in payment of his pretended purchases. Richard Wheatley had also been employed by Mr. Ablett for the same purpose. He bought goods which . came to 11s. 6d., and paid the prisoner for them. The prisoner was committed on both these cases. The prisoner was next charged with stealing a quan tity of property belong to his employers. Inspector Lund said he went to the prisoner's house in Acacia-road, St. John's-wood, and found a quantity of silk stockings, handkerchiefs, and other articles with the private mark of the firm upon them. The prisoner did not deny his guilt, and he was also fully committed on this charge. Mr. LEWIS, who attended for him, applied to have the property not identified, found ut the prisoner's house, given up to the wife, whose position was to be pitied. Mr. WONTNER, for the prosecution, hoped the magis trate would not accede to the request. The fact was , the prisoner, with a salary ot about 1501., had been living at the rate of 6001. a year at least, and no doubt at his employer's expense. The o mely awi p ,un r hr i d s inc o ibhs n rh e awe i nd ' e s d.rye h u : t m hts s rc e i i ll i e i ldra t oer h zww e e naa A ss o e waf a , e e gcl i ll s ua : ar r tne o 3tte a ii d tcaye w nddo a wf s vi vplt plenty na l. y t : yei plate, oeatinvtwo o amongst s h o idy watches, gold buttons, and a gold-handled whip, besides packs of dinner cards. Also among the prisoner's ample wardrobe was found a pair of hunti ng breeches, lined with crimson silk. The prisoner did no t live with his wife, preferring rather the company of a younger female, who was at the head of his Acacia-road estab lishment. Mr. HARDwicie refused the application to deliver up the property. MARY LEBOIVE. A pretty-looking girl, named Ellen North, only twelve years of ago, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having stolen th ree rolls of ribands the property of Messrs.; Spen cer an d H a ll, 76, Lisson-grove. Alvey Bendall deposed that on the same afternoon the prisoner came into the shop and purchased a yard of riband. She paid for it, and went away, and imme diately after he missed three rolls of ribund from a basket which had been placed before her on the counter. Ile (witness) followed and overtook her in Duke-street, when the stolen property was found in her possession. Mr. BR9UGHTON—Did she give it up to you when you stopped her? Witness—She gave me one roll, and the other two I took from her pocket. Mr. BROUGHTON—ad she make any o b serv ation when you got possession of the riband? Witness—She cried, and all that she said was, that she had been de coyed away from her home by a woman who lived at No. 17, Lower William -street, Portland -town; she was given into the custody of Police-constable 70 D. Mr. BROUGHTON (to the prisoner)—Where does your mother live? Prisoner—At N 0.14, John-street. Mr. BRoUGHToN—When did the woman decoy you away ? Prisoner—On Taesday night. Mr. BROUGHTON—IIiad you ever S , :etl, her before? Prisoner—Yee. Sir, in our street. Mr. BROUGHTON—Is she an old woman?—She is. Mr. BROUGUTON—When she first spoke to you what did she say ? Prisoner—Sh: , ; came in and asked me if I would live with her, and I said no; b u t s h e pulled me away from my mother's door, and took me to her r ,, om , saying that she would give me a shilling a day and my victuals. Mr. BROUGHTON—WhiIe you were with her did she introduce you to any gentlemen? Prisoner—She wished to do so s(.veral times, and tried all in her power, but I would not have any of them introduced to me, for I know it was wrong. The mother, a respectably dressed woman, entered the court bathed in tears, and said that her daughter's ab sence from home had caused her much misery, and she had no doubt the old woman had taken the child away for the worst of purposes; she was continually after her. The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday next, and the policeman was directed to gain all the information he could with regard to the old woman, by whom the child had, as alleged, been induced to quit her maternal roof. The MAGISTRATE was of opinion that it might turnout, upon inquiry, which should be necessarily instituted into the matter, that the case was one which would be looked upon as coming within the sphere of duty of " the So ciety for the Protection of Young Females," an institu tion largely patronised, and which had effected a vast amount of good. ARTHUR CONWAY; OR, SCENES IN THE TROPICS. By CArrairt MILMAN. —We can accord this work many hearty terms of praise. It is not only interesting as a well written, lively, exciting work of fiction, but valuable as a series of sketches of the civilization and progress of the West Indies, embodying the reminiscences of scenery and cha racter preserved by the author during a residence in the Caribbee islands. But the drama which moves in the tro pics does not open there. The curtain rises in England, and displays scenes of remarkable power and originality, particu larly those with the priest, the baronet, and th e dyi ng wom a n in Sir Walter Conway's house. We are then transported to the islands of the West Indian Ocean, amid planters, ne groes, mulattoes, and the characteristics of such a climate. West Indian life here begins to be depicted, and it affords some very curious and entertaining accounts. The scenes where the Caribs are introduced are quite original in romance. —Sunday Times [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointment and Pills the best Remedy to care Bad Legs. —Eliza Dew, the wife of a farm servant living at Dinton, near Salisbury, suf fered for several months with a sore leg, the ulceration of which was so dreadfully obstinate that it defied the skill of eminent medical men to abate its malignity. When in its worst state she commenced using Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which soon produced favourable appearances, and by persevering in their use for a short period she can now boast of a sound cure. There is no case, however obstinate, bad, or long standing, but may be cured by these admirable medicines. —Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. LIBERT GLAND, TO THE RIGHT HIJAT. THE LORD VIS COUNT PALATERSTON, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGV A FFA /RS. My Lord,—Ft.orn tO wise, - thevirtaous, anti the patriotic truth wilt never fail to obtains c , ltin and dis passionate hearing, however humble the source from which she may find utterance, and however unconge nial msy be her dictates with the sentiments of the passing hour. There aro times and season) in the annals of nations (as well as in the lives of individuals) when her lessons derive, from the force of contrast, a redoubled influence over the minds of the reflecting and conscientious, as the tread of the solitary sentinel sounds more distinctly amid the solemn stillness of night. We are in the midst of a great national festival, destined, as we fondly hope, to disseminate throughout the globe sentiments of amity and brotherly love, and to elevate the British name in the general estimation of the civi lized world. Will it produce those results? Lot 113 cherish the anticipation; but let U 3 not allow the present to blind us to the past and to the future. Distinguished as this kingdom is by the advanced ;!ate of the arts of civilizltiou, it is Lint by scientific or iterary achievem nts that the Brithn island, have ac quired the general veneration of rnankip(i. Te e l ove o f Liberty, justice, and humanity in its inhabitants, and the irmness and good faith of its statesmen, are the influ ences to which this empire owes its gre.tness—are the influences with which the confidence and respect of sur rounding nations will endure or pats away. In these, the essential elements of true honour, this kingdom is not richer than it was in the times of Hamp den and of Milton, or in the more rec , nt days of Clark son and of Wilberforce. Can we safely assert that it is not poorer? In minds rendered grave by experience, suffering, and reflection, the wonderful accumulation of the fruits of human industry and genius, of which our metropolis is now the scene, will not fail to suggest sentiments and recollections of a very different character from the im pressions that ,will occupy the thoughts of the young, the ught-hearted and the gay! Can the patriot or the phi lanthropist, while contemplating these diversified trea sures, forget the recent misfortunes of the lands from which they have been sent, or blind himself to the pain ful contrast between the splendour of these noble pro-, ductions, and the gloom and sorrow that dwell among the nations of Europe, who have recently passed through the fiery ordeal of war and revolution, and aro bowed down by the yoke of oppression, against which they have as yet struggled in vain? From this contest the people and the Government of Great Britian, however reluctantly, stood aloof. Sym pathy and an ardent wish for the triumph of the cause of liberty and justice were all they could give in a con test embracing so vast a field. But there was one ex ception, which, for good or for evil, will form an era in the annals of two great nations and in the history of civilized man. A lawless despotism, which had perfidiously crushed he liberties and destroyed the happiness of its own sub ects, audaciously menaced the sacred laws of hospi ality and the neutral rights of an ancient and unotrend mg ally who appealed, and not in vain, to two great protectors. The heart of every friend of liberty and of peace beat high at the spectacle, when the fleets of England and of France were seen joined in happy union, by a mission devoted to the sacred claims of humanity, and to the general welfare of the human race. Like the bow of heaven, in primaeval ages, this event was contem plated by the wise and good of both kingdoms as a symbol of future harmony and goodwill, as an augury 'hat the storms of war, which had so long desolated two nations fitted by Providence to bless and benefit each other, and to advance the general welfare of man kind, had passed away, and for ever. I have touched on the past. Need I dwell on the present? Is there a son of Britain or of France that can contemplate the sequel without sentiments of sorrow and of shame? It was not at Fontenot', at Caubul, or in Walcheren that the arms of England were tarnished— and the honour of France was unsullied by Cressy, Agincourt, and Waterloo: for the fate of war does not lepend on the valour of armies, but on the decrees of an - iverruling Providence. While the good and enlight tned must rejoice to behold two once hostile nations more closely united together by those achievements of human genius which connect the once rival shores, and oy a participation in the d►scoveries of science and the Joductions of man's industry. It must be remembered, oeverthelesa, that there is a still firmer and nobler bond )f international union, without which all others are weak, frail, and worthless. That bond is the sentiment of mutual respect—a sen iment which has never been extinguished by the rivalries of commerce, or even by the deadly conflicts of war. But this sentiment (the only true foundation of friendship between either individuals or nations) may, nevertheless, be dissolved in a period of profound peace, devoted to the interchange of hospitality and the plea sures of social intercourse. Can we forget, amid the festivities of this transient occasion, the tate of the most illustrious of the objects of our joint intervention, and that his protracted cap tivity continues to form an insult to the general senti ments of humanity, and a shameless violation of the solemn treaty to which we were contracting parties? We may attempt to blind ourselves, but the calm judgment of posterity will rightly appreciate the events ,f the times in which we live, and the plain truths con veyed by this humble communication will find a response in the breasts of those distinguished strangers who, from every civiliz3d country, now throng our metropli% " People of England and of France," they will say, " had you never proffered your help nor promised your protvetion, it is true you would have surrendered your place among mankind as the guardians of civilization and :ho laws of nations; but it would, nevertheless, have been better for your reputation had you abstained from all intervention; fur to mock the victim by a vain inter cession, to fill the cup of hope to the brim, and thou per mit it to bo perfidiously dashed from the lips, is a course that will render the name of the illustrious statesman who still languishes in the dungeons of Kutaya an inde lible symbol of reproach, in the eyes of future ages, to you and to the kingdoms to which you are proud to belong." I beg to conclude this letter with an expression of my earnest hope that a renewal of your Lordship's humane efforts, seconded and responded to by the English and French nations, may serve to efface this stigma on the fair fame of both,—l have the honour to be your Lord ship's obedient servant, June 12, 1851. CASIBRENSIS. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-It was I, and not " William Prescott," as stated in your paper of yesterday, who petitioned the House of Commons against Edwards's release from Newgate. I did so to afford the respectable portion of voters an opportunity of showing that they are undeserving of the general obloquy cast upon the whole borough, and at the same time of showing who are the delinquents. As regards Mr. Edwards's health in answer to in quiries, I made yesterday of the Governor of Newgate, I was assured that ho was in as good health, and ate, drank, and slept as well as he (the Governor) him self did. Surely had it been otherwise, some medical certi ficate would have been produced to the House of Com mons of the fact. Your correctiag the error of name will oblige, Your obedient servant, St. Albans, June 19. WM. GRESII A.M. THE GREAT EXHIBITION . Yesterday was the fourth half-crown day, and it was by far the best of the series. From the animated ap pearance of the roads in the vicinity of the Crystal Palace—crowded with omnibuses and cabs—it might have been imagined that it was a shilling day, but for the absence of the pedestrian crowds. People were as sembling at the doors nearly an hour before they were opened; and within two hours after the opening 14,000 persons had poured into the building—more by some thousands than in the corresponding time on the last half-crown day. The visitors on these days are either such as come to see the Exhibition without the incon venience of a crowd, or else season ticket holders. These form, in some respects, two distinct classes of 'visitors, though they may often belong to the same class in so ciety. The first come early and go away early; the se cond class come in the afternoon and leave late. Hence, in the following statement of the visitors entering at dif ' ferent hours, it will be seen that the numbers regu larly declined from ten to two o'clock—more than doubled between two and three o'clock—and then began again to decline until five o'clock. _ From 10 to 11 o'clock 7,198 From 11 to 12 From 12 to 1 From 1 to 2 Total arrivals to 2 Departures, 2,000. ~ From 2 to 3 From 3 to 4 From 4 to 5 Total to 5 o'clock 30,956 By this time people were rapidly departing, and few were arriving. The entire number of visitors was hardly 32,000. The amount received during the day was— For season tickets Atthe doors Total receipts ....... £2,855 19 6 Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Princess Alice, visited the Exhibitionat half-past nine, accompanied by the King of the Belgians, the Duke of lirabant , t he Count of Flanders, and the 'Princess Royal of Belgium. The royal visitors were attended by their respective suites, and were received by Colonel Reid and Mr. I)ilke. with Mr. Mayne. Entering at the door in ILA laud, they walked up the foreign nave and down again on the other side to the transept, whence they proceeded along the chid' north side avenue of the same nave— turning on their loft hand into the different front com partments of that side of the nave (visiting in their way the French compartm ent of fine art), until the y returned a t t to that of Holland , th rou g h which, at abo u t a quarter to eleven, they took t heir de p arture. The co mpartment of Belgium was among Damnoenhesgts of Bent,hose whic h the e n d e royalby Sir visitors exa mined. The George Cowper, was also in the building at the came time. In the course of the day we observed the Duke of Welling ton, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, the Marquis INln t itric ENT BEQUESTS.—The treasurer of kings of Salisbury, the Earl of Enniskille n , th e E a rl of Bosse, College Ho , pital has just received the handsome legacY.of the Earl of Tankerville, the Marquis and Marchioness of Y(26/. from the late Mr. Thomas Harris 13red.h.:w and a fur- , Douro, Lady Stuart de Roth sa y w ith the Misses Taf t her sum of IQO/. from the executors of the late dr. Frederick hot, Lord Listowel, Lord Hopetoun, Lord G. Manners, Robinson, forming, it may be observed, a very important Lord H. Vane, the Chancellor of tho Exchequer, Mr. addition to the funds of the hospital, dependent as it i 8 en- .„- _ „,, ,-, •,,, r D: .., ,-, ~ ~, Evart, AI.P. . 1H o e, 43... i.,, ARAI . ..Luce, al. K - ., anu ALI'. tirely upon such voluntary marks of benevolence. 21 lB5l. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOU PH,II.'IPION, FRIDAY EVENING. The Royal ;Mai; Company's reatn-sbip Avon, com. manded by Lieutenaw Pnilip Hast, R.N., arrived this afrernoon, after a fine run of seventeen days from St. Morass's. The Avon brings the usual West India and Pacific mails. The latest dates, she brings are as follow : —Ha vannah, May 24; Chagres, May 26; Carthagena, M ay 27; Jamaica, May 28; Demerara, May 23; Trinidad, May 26; Barbadoea, May 28;" Grenada, May 26; Porto Rico. June 1; St. Thomas's, June 3; La Guayra, May 18; Nassau, May 15; Antigua, May 31; Jacmel, May 23; Santa Martha, May 10; Grey Town, May 18. The freight list of the Avon comprises 1,238,495 dolls. remitted from various ports on merchants' accounts, - 525 serous of cochineal, 270 ditto of indigo, 331 bales of to . - bacco, 48 bales of sarsaparilla, 138 cases of cigara, &c. Her passengers numbered 118, of which the following is a list and from whence, viz.:— From — Grey Town—Mr. Gros and infant, and Mr. Ybarque. From Chagrea—Messre. Ganita, Ciymor.d, Cum.°, Nava. Muller, Braga, Deiphon, Trap). M. V. Dine, Llubert, 'Vega, Morgan, lifting. Mena, Keadall, Francis, and Simmonds. From St. Thomas—Messrs. R)thschild,. Pet,raon, Simmonds. Meyer, ! .1. Peterson and son, Lady Macgregor and titrnily, Mr. and. Mrs. Schou. From Dominica—The Bishop of Dominica and R:,v. Mr. Taaf. From Trinidad—Mr. Campuell. From St. Vincent—Messrs. Ames and Phil lips. From Barbadoos—Major and Mrs. Michel, Mr. and Mrs. O'Neil, and Dr. Phillips. From Martiniqu-- Messrs. Raymond, Dena, and Berne. From Goads loupe—Messrs. Baneoet, flue, and Labestene. Fc oun Honduras —Mr. and Mrs. Coffin, and four ladies. From avanosh—Messrs. Levee, Mangoszr„ Se.cutory, Soto mayor, Mr. and Mrs. Simerez and family, Mrs. File mans, son, and daughter, Messrs. Dalvin, Guiteriz, Suarez, Patguero, Al tus and son, Andres and son. F rom Jamaica—Mrs. Scott and family, Mr. and Mrs. Mearns, Messrs. Quijano and Dredge. From Hayti Messrs. Schultze, Roane, and Folsom. From Porto Rico — Messrs. Ahems and Batten). Her Majesty's ship Meander was at Valparaiso on the 16th April; Swift at Panama, 20th May; Scorpion at St. Thomas's, 3d June; Alban at Grey Town 18th May; Helena, on the Barbadoes station; Cumberland, Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, at Bermuda;. Inflexible, At Jamaica, 28th May; Bermuda at Grey Town. The Company's steam-ships, the Thames, Captain Abbotts, arrived at St. Thomas's on the 2d June, with the London mail of 17th May. The Trent, Captain Clarke, in the Gulf of Mexico. The Clyde, Captain Moss, in the Spanish Main. The Conway, Captain Woolley, at St. Thomas's. The Derwent, Captain Onslow, at St. Thomas's. The Eagle, Captain Wilson, at Barbadoes. JAMAICA. The arrival of the Avon places us in possession of files of newspapers from this colony to the 28th ult. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Trent, with the English mail of the 2d of May, arrived at Port Royal on the 25th ult. . . The English brig Cambyses, Captain Barton, in going out of Kingston harbour on the 19th ult., got into a dangerous position a little to the north of a reef, a heavy sea running. On the following morning she was blown into Little Bay, where she grounded, and will not be got off without much trouble and expense. The cargo was being relanded. _ _ _ The cholera still lingers in some parts of the island, but the cases are not so frequent as they were at the date of last advicas. The sugar crop has been good, although not quite equal to the anticipations of the more sanguine. In most places the supply of labour is found to be but slightly affected by the cholera, its victims having been in general the aged, the infirm, and the dissolute. The May seasons have been very favourable, the face of the country is beautiful, and the prospects of the planter are encouraging. The brig Lindisfarne, Salter, 53 days from Liverpool, arrived at Port Royal on the 24th, as also the barque Zoe, Cameron, 46 days from London. BARBADOES. In Barbadoes the weather had been favourable for sugar-making, and the crop made had been about3o,ooo hhds. It was only on the high lands that the crop was not finished. Probably 5,000 more hogsheads would be made, and so would be about equal to that of last year. Very seasonable rains had lately fallen, and the young crop was looking healthy, vigorous, and clean; the pre parations having been all well made, chiefly with imple ments, another large crop may be looked for should the island be blessed with fine weather. The use of imple ments, machinery, and foreign manure is gaining ground, and attention is being paid to the keep of stock on the estates. The island was healthy, a slight form of small-pox excepted. The rapid reaping of the crop had occasioned some slight scarcity of tonnage; but as most of the regular traders had arrived on their second voyage, this was passing off. Very favourable weather had been experienced gene rally throughout the islands. ~- COURT CIRCUL • Her Majesty and his Royal Higbne ticp'Weert, with her Royal Elighness the Prince s'• 4 ier, - } vied by his Majesty the King of t. eotqlsefsese their Royal Highnesses the Duke de B Vitt, c o wls de Flandres and the Princess Charlotte *lived :jet Flee . Exhibition of the Works of Industry o a l'Xetsonsi at a quarter past nine o'clock yesterday mpynin i et. lp at tendance on the Queen and Royal party VeriallieS Hon.' Matilda Paget, Madame do Montanclos, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Bouverie, Colonel de Moerkerke, and Count Albert de Briey. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Brace and Sir George Couper, also visited the Exhibition yesterday forenoon. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the King of the Belgians remained at the Exhibition till a quarter before eleven o'clock, and then returned to Buckingham Palm). The Duke of Wellington bad an audience of her Ma jesty at Buckingham Palace yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Bitch, took a drive in an open carriage yesterday. Their Royal Highneeses the Duke do Braleint and the Count de Flandres attended by Colonel Moerkerke, visited and inspected the London Docks t sterday. Their Royal Eiehnesees the Priecess Reyel. the Princess Helena, and the younger m.mbors of the Rolla. Family, took their accustomed exercise y es terday in tee garden of Buckingha m P a l ace. - The Queen, accompanied by the Kieg of the Belgians and the Princess Charlotte of Belgium, took a drive in an open carriage and four yesterday afternoon. Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel 'Buckley attended on horse- • back. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out ou horseback, at the same time, attended by Colonel Bonverie. Her Majesty bad a dinner party yesterday a t Buck ingham Palace. The company included bin Majesty the King of the Belgians, his Royal Highness the Duke de Brabant, his Royal Highness the Count de Flandres, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess ' of Sutherland, the Duke of Wellington, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerse ton, Lady Howard de Walden, Colonel de Moerkerke, Count Albert de Briey, Hon. J. Macdonald, and Sir R. Carsvrell. The band of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following selection:— March, " Mussulmass"... Gurtner. Overture, " Oberon" ... Weber. Waltz, " Ethereal Dreams" ... Strauss. " Feet" Selecti on , " Nino" ... Verdi. Quad r ill e , " New Hibernian" Jullien. Kuhner. Polonais e , Polka, n o w Kuhner. • Gungl. Galop, "Th ames ; runnel " •-• God save the Queen. Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner on Thursday evening and played the following pieces:— Overture • •• Haussel. Selection, "Lo Scompiglio Tea trale, ' Aria, " La Baya . d . ere" — .. Ea r l of Westmoreland. Huber. . March • Thomas. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Mints, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Lord Broughton, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Earl of and the Marquis of Clanricarde. The Council sat one hour and a half. A deputation from the county of Westmoreland and the borough of Kendal, for the removal of the assizes for that county from Appleby to Kendal, had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., Mr. George Carr Glyn, M.P., Mr. George Edward Wilson, Mr. Graye Rigge, Mr. James Gandy, Mr. S. H. Taylor, Mr. G. B. Crewsten, Mr. John Whitwell, and Mr. 11. F. Rigge. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands and the Governor of Malta. Dispatches were also received from the Governors of Ceylon, Hong- Kong, and the Mauritius. Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governor of the Canadas, and the Governors of the other North American Colonies. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday at the Council-office. The Lords present were— The Chief Justice of the Court of Common Please, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir Edward Ryan. The appeal (part-heard) from Bengal, Dukeensoondree Dabee v. Rasumnee Dosses, was concluded, and the appeal from the Prerogative Court, Bennett v. Free, was heard. DEMERARA. The advices from Demerara are to the 27th ult. For some months there had been little grinding on the plan tations, in consequence of the wetness of the season. The rains were not uncommonly heavy for the time of year, and it was generally expected that the year's crop would prove more abundant than that. of the previous year. Great hopes are beginning to 'be entertained that by the, adoption of improved modes of drainage this fine colony may be enabled to bear up against the disadvantages it has for several years laboured under from the scarcity, uncertainty, and dearness of labour. The Avon brings intelligence from San Francisco to the let of May, which has already been auiicipated. The dates from Panama are to the 20th May. The railway from Navy Bay to Panama was rapidly pro gressing. In eight mouths it will be open from Navy Bay to Gorgona, and there is every probability of its being completed to Panama iu a year and a half, or two years' time. -- c ~.. '. \° : . i ,!, JAMAICA MARKETS. (From De Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.) Altogether there has been a better feeling exhibited in our market during the past fortnight than had pre vailed for some weeks previously. Importers of fish have very unexpectedly found themselves in a position to de mand higher rates than were current when we last went to press, and the trade evince some anxiety to supply themselves before prices shall have advanced to scarcity rates. This sudden change in the market is attributable to the circumstance that the last advices from Halifax announced the occurrence of a scarcity of fish there, and it is presumed that very few, if any, shipments will be made to this island, before the new catch shall have been brought to market. We regret that we cannot report any corresponding improvement in the market for breadstuffs, only retail parcels of which can be moved even at the existing low THE CUSTOMS AND THE SHAM SMUGGLERS.- rates. The late accounts from the agricultural parishes re- In consequence of complaints respect in g the annoyance and the frauds of persons, in the guise o f forei g n sailors, soliciting present the May seasons as having set in with their ac- customed f • customers for smuggled cigars, silks, and other foreign force; the rains generally have been confirm- foods, in the Strand, and similar leading thoroughfares, the ous and heavy throughout all the parishes of the island. atithorities are said - to have taken the matter up; an al- A stet. Bill has been enacted by our Colonial Legislature,though the prosecutions commenced this week at Bow which concedes to American and other foreign street, by theCwtom-house officers, have been for the pre vessels, the privileges hitherto exclusively enjoyed by steam sent withdrawn, other proceedings will be forthwith adopted Royal Mail Company's steamers, of bringing to, and against the fraternity of " Duffers." About the years 1826 and 1827 great complaints were made all over the metro carrying from, the island, cargo of every denomination, without d being subjected to the payment of tonnage polis fraudsrespofectliegattshew v ecroemm sellingl dues. The only advantage which the British will still smuggledan goods, silks, cambrics, and muslins, of B r ri e t l i g s l ll well-know - possess over the foreign steamers, is that of the exempt manufacture. The matter was taken up by the Customs' tton from the duty of 4d. per ton, payable under the officers and the police with great zeal and activity, d Kingston Tow n D u es Bid, of coals imported for their the public indgnity called for the suppression of the freuadnu use. The concession does not, of course, extend to sail- lent practice. The principal offender was a ing vessels importing coals for the use of either of the Irish pedlar, named Duffy, who was remarkable for havin I I were brought steamers. They will, however, be still permitted to en- ah•oeosdheanmlecgo,natnrdabbaenindg aHmeosatnadetsiovme some others successful dealer g in ter our ports, without being subjected to the payment of t before the magistrates," at Bow-street, , after a long tonnage dues, in the event of their bringing no other de- discussion of the case, decided that the Customs had no scription of cargo than fruit or vegetables. ground of complaint, inasmuch as the goods in question were Flour.-Parcels of 50 barrels Baltimore a re bein g not imported, or liable to duty. The persons imposed upon moved at 288., but smaller lots have been and are still had no ground of complaint, inasmuch as they were willing belie for ve if they they had then b een takers at 28s. 6d. to 29s ; there is no speculati ve demand tpoartbieesfotoreaigtnr,authdeytheromussetlyes supposed the good s ). On the other bandas Delia' stolen, or that the revenue had been defrauded by the eve whatever, and the market is well supplied. Meal-94 barrels fresh have changed hands at 16s. o c th a e r rs e( lic a cu n s d e f d ro were licensed hawaers,,they sion of the dut r Old stock is scarcely saleable at 14s. and the Rice-Good Bengal is placed at 14s. to 14e. 6d, and OE t ENGLANDi thatin et h ot e . i t r h sef their c hief. ho w ioe e taken the clean Patna at 16s. per 1001bs. The stock is ample. name of ,‘ Duffer m s from't'llatwere all dis- Carolina is in heavy supply with a very dull inquiry CHURCH and sales are difficult at 20s. per 1001bs. ScitoolensTilitSSE M S • Th efr!falla:TealtS AND Butter-Smallaales of Irish have been made at 12d. to shall i n the ce chair. second annual 1849, 8 UTuAL Assua4NCe ,SOCIETY.- a meetng of this society was held on Wednesday, r io T e he b o l b e t ts f. 12ad, but dealers now decline to pay the latter rate. at the offices, Halifax has been coming in rather freely, and the salescietv,w ' hich was formed of firkins have been generally made at 91-a parcel, in May, i l 2 ai s , Bridge-street. Westminster Mr. F. S.Mar. escchoooimthaestse°rs and schoolmistresses however, of 112 k e gs sold at th a t figure, was subse- belonging to the Church na of England to make provision for quently rejected. 400 sm all k egs Philadelphia have the various contingencies of life, co mprise-permanent pro changed hands at 9th per lb. en- Bread-Pilot is very dull of sale at 16s to 18s. Crackers dowments vision in sickness annuities in old age, assurances, and l'o their peculiar circumstances; and the are also inactive at 225. per barrel. necessity of such an institution was recognized by the Arch- Mackerel-The demand is not at all proportioned t o bishop of Can,erhury, who presided at its establishment. the stock on hand, and sales are effected with some The report, read by the secretary, Mr. J. J. Hind, gave pel b ic y ie a s difficulty. No. 3 thin may be quoted at 245, and N t , ~ satisfactory ac count of the progress of.the is among fall " at 305. to 325. per barrel. ''' ' ' those whom it is intie,,h.deed assurancesto benefit, grantedw hi ch o n shown life considerable increase in the number of assurances effected Herrings-Immediately after our last an cerdingly brisk inquiry sprung up price for this e : x- x h, 1850, to May in the presentyear owing to its having been thrown more largely article from olalc insured being 14,955/. ; a number The . of are 257, the into during the year. con- amount been since applications are suniption by the scarcity and high upon the ' 18s sale of 500 barrels was thereupon made of pork. A before the board, twelve of which h now The balance-sheet showed theavreecei established the value of the article,at 175., which and at which rate- g PI las 10d and the disbursements 308/ 5 - • • •, secretary , s s t . to be the demand still continuing active-some of the subse- a balance in hand of about 270/. amountsd leaving. estimated quent receipts have been mov ed- The the receipts for the year at 710/, e T r n g e r A ou ro n h ci b t i o s of busi means heavy. stock is by no ness already done-there being, pate a considerable increase-and saidthat ' t he soc ie ty m ig ht ht now be considered to be established. v Alewives-Are not in very holders generally have , Y great favour just now, and been acceptinghowever Canterbury and York 18s., we were then proposed and elected as notice a sale of 50 barrel trustees, awl the Bishop of L Oil-All the late sat 19 s , other officers of the so ' • ondon as president; and the .h s o n r t 3 ic o i - f sales of cod were effected at 2s, 3d. ciety being the business . g also shown, per gallon. The t k issmall concluded with a vote of B Oe very abundant, with a thanks to the chairman. inquiry. THE METROPOLIS p ‘to.ips.-Yesterday, the CM.. Lard-American is inactive at 6}.i. to 7d. per lb., niis:ioncrs of the Metropolis Turnpike Roads north of the with a large h ave Thames, Lord 1 ' ' Isle •the stuck, N o sa l es of a ny moment . ~ais( in chair, resumed the sale by transpired. auction, at their offices, Whitehall-place, of the tolls for which Cadlikle-The sales of the cargoes which had been there i\ was no oiler at the former meeting held on the 9th of lav last. Several of the to ll s were . disposed of in come already openA at the date of our last, were for the most quence- of part closed at 10s. GI to Ils. for tierce and 14s. G.J. per box. Prices then sdvancsd in consequence of the dr cumstance alluded to in our general remarks, and Wu of th tolli t i li next arrival was sold at Ils. tor ordinary end 12s, for offend t which fetched act Great Exhibitioi,iv,oa.erhei,(:i;h: er r i h ri c ce h s farr The tolls farsotadsesaar•elroe9noo., n / were put up at 1,0007 ro t L e s; were knocked desert ) tOr 1,2001 ; the Kilburn roads were for 3,4001., and went for 3,700!., large fish in casks and 15s. per box. Some other op , - 1 duced 3,f601. ; th City roads last year realized rations have been made at 12s. for cask, and 15s. to 16s per box. Holders are now firm, and evincelast year they pre -3,2061., the ' C inm' , ••put them up at 3,0001., were purchased • 1 , issioners . d hll G they no desire ,u i fur 3, 9 50/. Tee Staintor - i , reen-lanes, and Seven Sis press their stocks on the marke t Boxes alone, h ews ; ters roads wer e last year sold at 9,010. The sump roposed ever, are rather heavy, and there is still a rather 1ar,,,, ; to let them at was 8,7a01. There was a very strong cornpe h- 1 tition for them, and the last bidding was 9,020/ The peraou quantity of old on hand. I who made the offer was asked by Sir James M'Adam if he Salmon-No, 1 has been sold at 725., and N. 0.2 at 1 were D r oed to pay into the hands of the chief clerk one 68s. to 705., which rates may, however, to con ' 1 steered as 1 month in advance of rent arising from the road, which is the outside value of the article just now. of the conditions of sale, when he replied that he was not ne Pork continues in very. limited supply. 150 barrels 1 owhich his deposit of 50/, was forfeited. They were , upon w Mess have changed hands at 90s. Pr' • • amain at 8.900/. No offer beingmade, - fell they ime is weedy° at ‘ then put up 725. Rusty prime is unsaleable. 1 into the hands of the Commissioners. The New North Hams-We quote good Lancashire at 9d. per ll Roais were the last lot. Last year they produced 850/. American arc very plentiful, and cannot be moved at! 1 but two bidders for them. The entire roads fetched 59,14 A ; anything over Gcl. 1 t h e A mount the previous year being 57,220/. last evening. Pike steamer arrived at Devonport on Wednesday evening from Portsmouth, in charge of Mr. Cheshire, late mate in the Adventure transport, and a party from the dockyard. She is to be employed at Devonport, where her services are required. Triton iron steam-packet, Lieut.-Commander Glynn, will be paid off at Woolwich this day. Wellesley, 72, Captain Goldsmith, will be paid off at Chatham on Tuesday. Sh e h a s come home about 120 short of her complement. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Friday being the anniversary of her Most Gracious Majesty's accession to the throne the ships of war at Spithead and in Portsmouth Harbour dressed in colours, and the Royal Standard flags were hoisted at the gar rison and dockyard flag-stairs. At noon royal salutes were fired by the ships of war, and also from the plat form battery. Commodore William Fanshawe Martin has had the vacant appointment of Naval Aid-de-Camp to the Queen conferred open him. Paymaster and Purser Clatworthy's death has been reported. He belonged to the Castor, 36, at the Cape of God Hope. Clerk Br . gh`, of the Crescent storesbip, at Rio Janeiro, died of yellow fever on the 23d of April, in the 21st year of his sge. The agent of Harbour Hasler, Paymaster Halliday, is about to retire from the service. The Admiralty have ordered a number of copies of Mr. Fincham's " History of Naval Architecture" to be purchased Tor public distribution. ;.Brisk steamer left the anchorage at St. Helen's yes terday at ten o'clock, en route for Glasgow, the wind having shifted to the southward. The Monkey, steam tug, left for Wool wqlh, Magicienne steam-sloop was taken alongside Devon port dockyard on Thursday, to be prepared to proceed to Woolwich to take Mr. Brown, second master-atten dant, and party from the Barracouta back to Pem broke, with the necessary gear, &c., to navigate the Valorous steam-vessel horn Pemroke to Wool wich. The Magicienne will be in charge of Mr. Bidle combe, master of the St. George, and a party from the St. George and the dockyard, and was to be ready to sail