The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-18 00:00:00

THE EirRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1864.

Tax Crrizzio' Pun of 60ftwa fat all ages; vinous
*lira; half • mile.. . .

Age it lb Ake at I
Attraction
Durham 3 8 7 Clyde 4 7
Gamecock 0 8 6 Flower ilatelly
ID by The Flying Lady Warwick $ 7
Dutchman—Vankow 5 8 6 W 3 7
Gallus a $ 3 Moo oesthr&T'ale .... II 7
Yalta
_ ... 3 8 0 Tanholory
——_ 3 all

Prtwatiollas 1 8 0 Maa _s
,
3 S T
Usher $ $ 0 TM Dot $ 5 6
Vobalathns
KThrton
lora 6 718 Latowdovakimalais Tom
Master Rlchaecl
Dolphin
V 5444 4 7 7
No Name
Roes _ _ 8 7 6 Melbourneyarp ~.. 8 5 7

Tea RAILWAT PL&TE of 40 son. added to-a
Sineprtaires
of :3 son each ; 2.yrolds. let :31b ; three, get llb ; four,
get 121 b; live and upwards, 10st 21b ; selliog allowances ;
about three-owirten of a mile.
The GRABGE Putt fluxes of 15 son each, 5 ft, with 50
added from the fund if three start ; for Zyr-olds ; colts,
Est 101 b ; fillies, Set 61b ; winners extra ; mooed save his
stake. T.Y.C. (about 5 furlongs.) (59 subs.)-41ister to
the Glllie, Gamma, f by Pelioe—Ltty WasteaTooor, The
Grinder, Pantaloon Contract, gases,o
by Stockwell—Miss Lavinia, Fllteratah,ziipetwo• BooluGS
Millie, Frisky Matron, Effigy, Hornig, flatly Go Foxily, Full
Speed, Tbor, cby King Tom, dam by Orbado—Alkali ;
Indigestion, Shrapoel. N iambs's, Lovelace, o by Hiss Tom
—Bistro, Quiz, Volatile, Convent, o by Vengesnoe—Val-
leda, Tancride, by Chulo—Malico (bred in France), Ends-
Leigh. Rialto, Athelstane, The Grappler, Ada, Haedmaid,
The Missionary, Ptermigao, DeWitt* Viceroy, Marchiooass,
Swordsman, Britannia, Harm, Purity, Harold, Pantomimist.
Wings of Wind, f by Vedette—Black Swan, Weatherboard,
Carols, Zenobia, Skirmish, Belgrave, Tennyson, Frei.
Lord Strathmore and Mr. Shelley are subscribers, but did
not name.

How 11xxxerfo Pr.xis of 100 goa. ; 3.yr.olda, Bit 31b;
four, 94 71b ; firs, 9,t 121 b; six sod sold, 94 131 b. Two
mtlos.

CRICKET.

HOUSE OF COMMONS v.

SCHOOL

inThis match took place o¢ Satnrda~
Vara when the School proved viatoxions in one innings by
runs. Annexed is the wore :

- ----WMiffilliSTßß, SCHOOL
O. Dowrieswell, b Taylor 0
L Bray, am oat
A. Edward, e and b Colonel Bathurst U
C. H. Short, e Davie, b A. Bahama 62
H. Walker, b Colonel Batbank
A. W. Remakes, b Colonel Bathurst
L Northeeta, ran oat 2
F S. Harrison, a Colonel Bathurst. b Carnegie llO
E. Oliver, not oat l5
F. 8. Dams, e A Barbara, b Canoga
G. J. amid, id Colonel Bathurst, b A. Baatua
8., 12; w.b., 6. 11. b., 1

Total
HOUSE OF COMMONS _

First
Hoe. C. Carnegie, c Walker, 1)
laiuntnans

-Second Loni op.
0 1:0400rt

Wood Darla, b Hal man= 0 c Oliver, b. Bums= 0
lan of Coronary b Hammans
A. Bathurst. b Mamma= 6 b =art 12
Colossal Bathurst, run out
Hon. W Coke, b Bammans .... 6 not out l2
C. Du Cane, b Hanunans
Colonel Taylor, c Cucuitt.b Haw C Dardssusil„b Ham-
_mans . 4 . =. ma
_ . 0

WBschoun nut
Viscount Hamilton, not oat
Iton,..lllWwlllista. &went _
0 absent _

... 0
... 0

Bye, 1, Lb.,l: w. b.,6 7 8., 1; Lb., 2.1r.b., 6

Total
Umpires—Delft and Mantle.

ROYAL HCIUNE SocierY.—The swimming match
for Sir William Fraser's gold media will take place at Ham-
mersmith on Friday neat shoot mid-day. The conditions
of competition areas follows :—Distaixie 1 mile with tide.
Competitors to wear swimming drawers. Entrance fee to
be paid by each was 2s. tid., sad no profeisional swimmer
to compete. That no piloting be allowed, each seas to
take his own course. That no fouling be allowed, any
competitor wilfully doing so to he disqualified. That the
prize shall not be awarded to any one unless he swims
over the whole mums ; and that it be given to the swiftest
swimmer, i.e., who reaches the mark boat first. The start
to take place half an hour after high water from Hammer-
smith.

"

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

METROPOLITAN COUNTY COURTS.
Sitting days appotnted toe the present week.
Wdricourria, St. llszaideam—liooday, July 12: Tues.
delidL9l6 13trifedaseday, ID; Tharsiley,
T, Poetised-red —Wednesday. July 10 ; Thursday,
21 : Prlday. 12.
MAITLIDONS, Marylebodevad.—Tuesday, July 19. Madam
I=a 12.
Duaosa-lerrece.—Tneday, Jab 19. Widnes.
10 : Friday, U.
yousurar, Old-Weet-road. —Tuesday, July 19: Thursday, 11.
Bow, How-reed.—Moaday, July 1s ; Friday, 22.
SoutmerAuk Swan.stred—Tuesday, July II; Thursday, n ;
Friday, 22. •
Lairszni, Camberwell New-resd.—Tuesday, July 19.
OlUNlMMlE—Wedneeds,y July M.
WOOLWICH.—Thunday, sly IL
W.ULDBWORTII, Southetreet—Thursday, July IL

EQUITY COIJRTB.—JuLT 18.
(Before the Loyd Chancellor.)
TATFAM V. 1:943010fD.

This was an apps l from tbs Vice-ohancellor. It ap-
peared that the Vuooanteer de Hord made her will, dated
4th Sept/Mbar, 1848, under a testamentary power is her
marriage settlement, and thereby bequeathed 20,0001. Con-
sols to the treasurer for the time being of the Royal Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anircals, to be at the
disposal of the committee for the time being of the society,
that sum and the dividseds to be applied by 7 the committee,
as they should think best, towards the erfab ' meet in the
asighbourhood of Loudon or Westminster of daughterlonass
away from the densely populated places in which they were
now situated, and for the relief of and protection from cruelty
of the animals taken to be slaughtered. By a codicil the tes-
tatrix reduced this sum to 10,0001. The question wee
whether this gift wee not void by the statute of IMAMS*
which provides that no disposition of " land or mousy to be
laid oat in land," shall be valid except by deed enrolled six
months before the death of the donor ; the argument being
that it was void, because building new alaughter•housas
could not be done without the purchase of land to build
them upon, whereas on behalf of the society it was
urged that it was a good gift, as it did not, of necessity,
involve the purchase of land. The Vice-Chancellor held
that the gift was not void under the act, as the due
execution of the trust did not require that the money
should be laid out is the purchase of land.
Mr. Rolf and Mr. Cotton appeared for the next-of-kin
for the appeal ; Mr. W. M. James and Mr. Wickens ap-
peered for the crown ; Mr. O. M. Gifford and Mr. Swan-
ton supported the decree.
The Lord Chancellor reserved his judgment.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
JULY 16.
(Brian the Judie Ordinary.)
HOPI= P. HOPLET.—PAST MUM..

Sir J. P. Wilde, in. 19131.1113-- -714 niNamierved ihat the am
was truly • remarkable lone. Judicial separation wee •
miserable remedy. The parties were still husband and wife.
The wife still bore her husband's nerve, but she am de-
prived of his guidance and control. The husband had still
to 'import his family, but he wee deprived of all the solace
sad pleasure which he might derive from it. In the present
ease many things were transparently clear ; and one of
them was that them two peewee still regarde each other
with the warmest affection. It was all very well for the
learned counsel to speak of her letters as full of justifiable
hypocrisy ; bat neither the jury nor the court would believe
that the woman who had written them had not written
them from her very heart. For the credit of human
nature he would fain believe that such • thing as • justi-
fiable hypocrisy was impossible ; but certainly it was a
thing that the petitioner would be the first to repu-
diate, for everything she had done testified to
the reality of her devotion to her husband. There
wee, then, great affection on both sides, and
there were children to be taken care of. How cams it, then,
that they were waked to separate these two persons, and to
deprive these children of their father? How came this extra-
ordinary spectacle—this thing without • Parallel? The
jury must not forget • most prominent fact in the case. The
respondent, in 1960, committed certain ants which brought
him within the grasp of the law. The extent of his wroog-
doMg the court must net now measure ; but very heavily
the hand of the law fell upon him. He, • man of edit-
esti= wad refinemeet, of great natural ability, and of many
noble aspirations, eves. though some of his ideas might be
visionary, found himself taken from his home and oast into
prison. It was not remarkable that the very
family with which the respondent was connect:isdt respectable
mar
nags should seek to destroy that conoection. Nor could he
blame them for taking such • course ; for they did not share
the affection for him which the petitioner had shown. The
court must, however, take care that it did not allow iteplf
to be made the instrument of the wife's family to
shake off this husband, unless they made out a
ease for the interposition of the law. The
props
address which the respondent had made had enabled all
that heard him to form • pretty correct idea as to what sort
of amen he was. No one could suppose that be was wanting
in warm feelings of affection. Of in proper religious views ;
but then be was one whose opinions were not in harmony
with thole of the rest of the world. He bad, for example,
extravagant views on the subject of educatioo, and of the
bringing up of young children. There was no doubt • great
deal of sense in what be said, although it had been difficult,
when their thoughts were directed to other matters, to
avoid laughter at the details which be had intro-
duced. There was no doubt he had hoped that
l thus he
in his own family to his abstract
he might be blessed with children of ex-
traordinary merit. It was easy therefore, to sympathise
with him in the sorrow and a , tment with which
he must have seen his sides' son turn out to be an idiot.
A great many of the bitter things he had raid, aad • great
number of the disgraceful things which the court was
afraid he had done, were assigned to this period. He seemed
in fact to have been in such a state of excitement that he
was ready, figuratively speaking, to fly at his wife, or hie
nurse, and tear her limb from limb, if he fancied that the
was not carrying out his scheme for the management of the
child. In fact it was no wonder that some had thought
him almost mad, it it was not so difficult to define where
strong opinion ended and madness began. He was a men
of great determination. They were told that wise
once he had taken up • thing he would go on with it
with the perseverance which belonged to his nature—and
the jury would easily believe that. (Laughter.) Lastly, he
had also shown himself to be • man of truth; and that might
be the reason why he had declined to go into the witness-
box. As to the lady, no one could fail to sympathies with
her. Never had • witness gives heirs/sewers with more clear-
ness, or with lees apparent desire to extenuate or add tothe
truth. The court had learned from her own lips what was
her object in commencing thin snit. Was it that she was
afraid her husband would ill-treat her? He (Sir J. Wilde)
said emphatically, no. She came there because she feared
that the respondent might use hie lawful authority over
his children and withdraw them from her care ; and
she was sacrificing the strong affection she bore to her
husband to the yet stronger affection which she felt for her
offspring. After her marriage bet husband appeared to ;
have treated her like • pupil, and when the was saying her;
lessees to him, if she made mistakes be boxed her ears; but
she bad received much benefit from his instruction. Not
only bad he taught her such things as orthography,. compo-
sition, and music, bat he had dote everything mhts power
to improve and strengthen her mental faculties. Bo mitten
went on till 1860. Now it was material to observe that in
suite of this sort the court beard only of the unkindness of
the accused. If be might be allowed the expression, they were
shown wily one side of the ledger; and yet in this case it wasi
apparent that there mutt have been a very large account
per contra; for the letters teemed with references to the
respondent's former tenderness, devotion, and attention to
his wife, and his sentiments towards her were warmly reel-
procatecL After the calamity of 1860 she went month after
month to see him, and she also wrote to him as often as the
prison regulations permitted her. She called him her dear
and precious husband ; she told him how pretty was her
new tome, and how earnestly she wished she could share it'
with him ; she laboured incessantly to change the public
mind towards him, and to get • pardon from the
crown through the Home Secretary. She wished,
in fact, to get him out of prison and to get
him horns again ; just as, when before the trial
he had been bailed out, she bad received him with open
arms, sad had lived with him for • month. The account
which she gave of her letters in the b. x was that she had
written them in consequence of the influence which her
husband had gained over her • but Mr. Kerslake, knowing
bow the law stood as to condonation, was not desirous to
leave the matter so, and therefore be bad put forward his
theory of justifiable hypocrisy. These letters were conti-
nued till the 23rd of August last. But iu her last inter-
view her husband bad told her that if she was resolved to
adhere to her family he would with God's help get together
a home for himself and his children. It was that which
had appeared tosink deep in her mother's heart. Nevertheless
in • letter to her husband's brother of the 25th of Sept.
she spoke of the grief which her " poor dear Tom's" view of
the case gave her, and indignantly repudiated the idea that
she would desert him, though the thought that to accept ;
the @better which her friends were offering her until her ;
husband could provide her with a home, would not be
abandoning him. A few days after that she filed the esti- .
tioo. Such was a brief outline of the case ; and now as to
the law. There cculd be no question, if they believed Mrs.
Hopley, whore evidence was not contradicted in any way on
oath, that there bad been cruelty. There bad been acts of
violence, and to spit in a wife's face had always
been held to be an indignity of which the law would
take notice. Nur was it of much importacoe
to inquire into the excuses which the husband had made.
(The learned judge then quoted the well-worn judgment
of Lord Stowell in " Evans r. Evans," containing this
aphorism—" If bitter waters were flowing, it was of no rise
to isveeligate their soureal The more important question,
however, was that which arose out of the plea ofooodonatioo.
The law en this subject was based apse extreme common
MM. Suppose • owe married • woman, and for the first
year or two treated her ill ; but suppose that after that he
reformed his maniere, and the two lived happily together,
it was not for the wife to revive bygones.
If she, on her part, had forgotten, forgiven,
and blotted out his offence, the law would not he lees for-
giving, and would not allow his past misconduct to be
brought up against him ; anima, uidied, he reverted to his
former cruelty. But what was the legal proof of coadooa-
tioo ? In the case of the husband, who was what the Frisch
would call the "muter of the sitnatioe," cohabitation was
held to be the most satisfactory evidence that be had for.
given his wife. With a wife it was not so. She was more
sub potentate and more Mope coneilii ; mad it was no &lei-

ment to her cause that eke' should have coctinued to Lye
with her huthend ,after the seta she maintained of. But it
was • very differeet Unit totop voluntarily back to him
after the cohabilistion had been' broken off. In this case,
after her husband • had been taken into custody, the mitt-
, tither remind bail for him, she received him bath,
sad lived with him for • mouth. Bat the
matter did not stop there. In her letters the
court had • perfect photograph of her mind for more
than three years. They showed that she had forgiven sad
forgotten everything ; that she was still devoted to the
ant, and was longing above all things to receive him
blasr again. In fact, this presented to his (Sir J. Wilde's)
mind a proof of condonation stronger than had ever before
been produced in that court. It was imposeible to reed
them letters and believe that this honest, warm-
devoted wife had left within her mind one
anger against her husband. The cam had been put 1,7
forcibly by the respondent himself, when he ,
" Did the jury suppose that if any one of her efforts
to procure him a pardon had succeeded, and he had
flown to her arms he would have been met at the door with
a document like the petition U the result of this suit
should be to restore this wife to her husband, the respond.
eat would have received • grave lemon not only from the
former but the present trial. If he would only strive to
bring himself more into harmony with the rest of the world
—if he would consent to surrender • little of his own
judgment, if he would only be • little Ices wrong-headed,
there might he better things in store for him. The petitioner,
if she went back to him, might, it was true, have much to
contend with. but she had taken him " for better
for WIMIIe, for richer sad for ," and he
doubted much whether a true. Leaded woman like her
would ever consent to allow her family to keep her
and her children, while she saw her husband struggling in
the world • Annear to her and to them. The learned
judge concluded by expressing his regret that the respondent
should have thought proper to met the imputations he bad
done upon Mr. Wolstenholm Cobb—imputations which he
no doubt thought were well founded, but which were not
supported by • particle of proof.
The jury retired at five minutes to three, and at four
came into court and requested that the evidence of Mrs.
Hopley ea to her last interview with her husband might he
read to them. This was accordingly done, and at • quarter
past five they returned, and stated that they were mini•
mow upon one issue, but were seven to two upon the other
and were not likely to epee, [lt will be remembered that the
cause wee tried by ooneent before nine special jurors, no
men of the panel answering to their names.]

Sir J. Wilde asked the respondent if he would take the
verdict of the majority
Mr. Hopley said he would.
Sir J. Wilde then repeated the question to the petitioner's
oonneeL

Dr. Wiimb, in the absence of his leader (Mr. Kerslake)
and of their client, was sot able to do ea.
Sir J. Wilde—Bat would it not be worth while to send to
Mr.. ifople
Dr. Wam said he would do so ; and after a short
delay he stn that though the attorney had not been able
to communicate with the petitioner, her brother and
mother were willing to take the verdict.
The foreman then stated that they found unanimously
that there bad been cruelty ; but that they found by a
majority of 7 to 2 that it had been condoned.
The petitioner therefore fails in her suit.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCIIIT.—CamisroRD, JULY 16.

(Bdaro Baron Marta.)
. clEanal OF IIORDI2I.

Emma Howard Slim Ewsra Pudery, M, a wretched-
looking young woman, was indicted for the wilful murder
of her child, George Isaac Howard, otherwise Potion.
Mr. Watford and Mr. Philbrick prosecuted, and the pri-
mmer was Weeded by Mr. Peirce and Mr. E. T. Smith.
The facts of this case were very simple, sad the evidence
for the prosecution left no doubt that the prisoner bad not
only committed the act imputed i-to her, but had also at-
tempted to destroy the life of another infant; but at the
I same time it also established the fact that the prisoner was
is such a date of mind at the time as not to be criminally
responsible for her actions. It appeared that she lived with
her mother at Halstead, and that she had two illegitimate
children, the one that lost its life, who was about a year
and a half old, and another about four years old. She got
her living by silk weaving, but it appeared that at the time
the offence was committed the prisoner was is a most mise-
rable state of poverty, and this had, no doubt, affected her
mind, sad, coupled with her mental condition in other re-
spects, drove her to the commission of the act with which
she was charged. It seemed that on the afternoon of the
26th of March the prisoner left her mother's house with her
two children, stating that she could not support them, and
that it wee her intention to go to the union
and ask for some assistance. In about an hour she returned
without the children, and when she was asked what
bed become of them, she replied that she hoped they
were in heaven. A police constable who happened to be
accidentally pining the river Coln., towards which the
prisoner had bean seen walking with her children in the
afternoon in question, heard a child's voice cry out, "I
shall fall ! I shall fall !" and on going to the spot be saw
the eldest child hanging by both hands from the branch of
• tree and up to its neck in water, and the younger child
Boating in the water and apparently dead. Hs rescued
the first-mentioned child, and then got the second out of
the water, but it was quite dead. The constable afterwards
went to the house of the primmer's mother and found her
there, and asked her if it was true what he had heard re-
specting her children, and the replied that it was, and she
them said that she would go anywhere with him, but that
she wished first to me her dear children. She them said
that she first threw the younger child into the
water, and that the held the other child to look at him
while he was struggling in the river, and then threw biro
in, and he turned his face to her and called out " Mother,
mother !" and she went away. The prisoner did sot seem
to have attempted to conceal what she had done, and, ac-
cording to the evidence of bee mother, the had been for a
considerable period before the occurrence in • low sod de-
spoeding state, and that teen were entertained that she
would do violence to herself, and that since the birth of her
lad child she bad frequently complained of her head, and it
appeared that several members of her family had been con-
fined in • lunatic asylum. This statement was confirmed
by the testimony of a medical gentleman named Sinclair,
who had attended the prisoner, and who stated that she
had on several conaions exhibited indications of her brain
being affected.
The jury, without troabling Mr. Peirce to addrein them,
returned • verdict of Na Ouifty on the ground of insanity,
and the prisoner was ordered to be detained during her
Majesty's pleasure.
The wretched creature was removed from the bar shriek-
ing, mid calling out "Oh my dear children ! oh my dear
children !"
This concluded the business otitis assizes.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.--SaunevayLv 16.
Nisi Parrs Coirwr.--f Before Mr. Justice Bytes.)
ILHOADEB V. COOML-LISZL.-I.ooof. DAMAGUL
Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. H. T. Cole were counsel
for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sleigh (specially retained) and Mr.
Turner represented the defendant.
This was an action for libel under very peculiar dream-
dames. The Defendant pleaded not guilty and justifica-
tion. Mr. Sleigh, however, withdrew the latter plea before
the eau was goes into.
The plaintiff, Some Rhoades, is the daughter of a former
tradesman of Salisbury, now deceased. Mr. Cooper is a
solicitor, about silty years of age, practiabig in the same
town. It appeared that be had known the plain-
tiff all her life, and wea always apparently very
fond of her. In 1853 or 1854 be began to psy her
more particular attentions, and desired to become her hus-
band. He walked and drove with her, took her to buy new
furniture for Ida house. and treated her in every respect as
his affianced wife. In 1856, when she was about 17 years
of age, he seduced her. On her giving birth to • child he
refused to marry her, but offered to settle 1001. a year upon
her for life, on condition that she remained single, and held
no immoral intercourse " with any person whomsoever." A
deed was drawn up, and defendant duly paid the first gnar-
-1 tor's annuity. From that time to the present some-
thing like twenty actions have been brought,
and they have all been given against the de.
fondant with costa On each occasion he bee pleaded,
. but failed to prove, that the young lady is inchaste. He
himself had attempted to renew the intercourse with her.
but she refused to see him erupt in the presence of a third
person. In 1858 he wrote her • letter, in which be said he
considered her to be " a most persecuted lassie." Some
time ago be caused • plea which be intended to plead in
"action 21," as he termed it, to be lithographed, and sent
copies, with hie compliment+, to Mr. Wilson, one of the
county coroners, the Salisbury magistrates and others.
In it he charged Miss Rhoades with having
bad immoral intercourse with men, and also with
having, since the preceding action, given birth to • seoood
, child. This wee the libel complained of. The action was
originally brought in London, but the defendant applied to
• judge at chambers and got the venue changed to Salim-
. bury, for the purpose, it was alleged, of rendering her ap-
pearance in court more painful and distressing to the plain-
tiff, on account of her being so well known in the town.
Defendant's conduct was severiy oenstutd by Mr. Cole-
ridge, io his opening address.
Mee Rhoades was examined.
Witnesses having been called to prove the publication of
the libel,
Mr. Sleigh proceeded to address the court in mitigation of
damages. He admitted that the defendant had acted
unwisely and upon erroneous impressions, but at the same
time he contended that the plaintiff bad sustained no damage
through the publication of the libel. These who knew her
were shown to entertain as much respect for her now as they
did before. There was no malice on the pert of the
defendant. and he submitted that very moderate damages
would most the justice of the cue.
His Lordship, in summing up, said there could be no
question that the document which the defendant had issued
wag a libel. The only question, therefore, was one of
damages, and on thin point be would say nothing whatever
to influence their decision.
_

The jury almost Unnieiliately found a verdict for the
plaintiff, damages 1,0004.

ORTIITAL PALACZ.—RILLIP-aLOWN
DAY. JULY 16.—Admiesieme OS 11111 t, 13,1/17; ditto by
sewn tickets, 7,2"1; total, AUL

ROBBERY OP DESPATCRES SEAT PROM THEI

eir iiriir:a- ISLANDS.

The Panama Star and Herald of June 2 ()mining
the following :—" A good deal of talk hr marred in ow
Fri alty by the report that the despatch beg of
the ooed from the Spanish,squartron at the Me-
chr was broken open and rifled of its contents on board the
P. S. N. Company's steamer Chile. The fade cr-
eedal with the affair, r tar as we eon lean, US
as fallows—Wlaild at Piro as direr of the Blasi& fleet
gate a closed despatch bag to the commander of the Chile,
requesting it to be delivered to the French consul at Panama.
Captain Sive% ea is real in such err poi the bag
to his purser, instructing him to pier it in the safe,
which he did. On arnvmg et Taboo, amorions
being entertained by the captain as to the wafer
of the beg, owing to some rumour on board, be
called the offloer who gave it to him to remise it before
sending it on shore, when it was sedried that it had bow
opened, the despatches takes oat, bleak enbeliteted,
and the bag re-sewed. The beg • • y contained the
despatches from Admiral Pram to hie governor and the
private letters of the fleet. Suspicion, we are told, mete on
some of the perorate, who were rail to be sent 64 spies
by the Peruvian government, but we cannot be-
lieve that the government of Peru would resort to
petty theft either directly or indirectly to effect each
an object, and instead of believing that the robbers are
emissaries of the government, we prefer thinking they areadventurerawho hops to mere some isfoemetion that may
be worth to them hereafter. We learn from
Mons. de ?alter the French consul at this port, that his
dispatch bag from the commending oiliest of the French
vessel of war et Valperaiso had aro been dared on board,
and that the real official despatches for his government,
the French Admiral and himself, had been extracted,
nothing having been found in the bag by him but privet*
lettere. M. de Zeltner exhibited this beg to the British
Consul and the Commander of the British ship-of-war
Devastatioo, who both concur in the belief Martha oral bad
been broken and the bag rifled of its entents."